courtesy of Friends of Elizabet Ney A new exhibition of sculpture by Alejandra Almuelle adds further beauty to that familiar gem anchoring the quietly busy, tree-lined Hyde Park neighborhood: the Elisabet Ney Museum. But: Who was Elisabet Ney? Born in 1833 in Münster, Province of Westphalia, Ney was the first woman admitted to Munich's Royal Academy of Fine Arts. She left Germany as a political refugee in 1871, wound up in East Texas, and – after years of struggling to farm and raise a child – she renewed her long-deferred sculpting career in Austin.

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